Head-covering provided with band.



A. HALE. HEAD COVERING PROVIDED WITH BAND.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 21, 1911.

Patented J an. 21, 1913.

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ARTHUR HALE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HEAD-COVERING PROVIDED WITH BAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application fiIed October 21, 1911.

Patented Jan. 21,1913.

Serial No. 658,068.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR Hana, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HeadCoven ingsProvided with Bands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame. v

This invention relates to washable head gear, especially to hats andcaps, and has for its object to produce an article of this characterwhich will permit the stiffening members to be readily withdrawn, whenthe fabric out of which the head covering is made can be washed, andthen the said stiflening members can readily be re-inserted.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosedand particularly pointed outin the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification in which like numerals designate like parts in all theviews :-Figure 1 is a sectional view of a banded cap or other headcovering made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a diagrammaticplan view in section of the band portion of the cap shown in Fig. 1;Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional View taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. l, and looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the stiffening member removed from the cap; and Fig.5 is a perspective view on a reduced scale of a modified form ofstiffening member, which is especially useful in connection with capshaving vizo-rs.

1 represents a cap or other head covering made of any suitable material,but preferably composed of a Washable fabric. The band portion of saidcap is composed of an outer wall 2 and an inner wall 3 made of asuitable fabric stitched 01' otherwise secured together along theiredges 18, as illustrated, to form a pocket 4. In the pocket 4 is anendless band 5 also made of a washable fabric, and which band need notnecessarily be removed from the said pocket 4. The said band 5 isprovided with a button, or other fastening means, 6 which is adapted topass through a slit or button-hole 7 in the stiflening member or band 8,which is adapted to be inserted into and removed from the pocket 4:, aswill now be disclosed. That is to say, the inner wall 3 is provided witha slit or other opening 9 through which the stiffening band 8 may enter,and in order to readily insert the said band into the pocket 41 and toremove it therefrom, I preferably move the button 6 to such a positionthat it comes opposite the opening 9, when the said button is insertedthrough the slit or button-hole 7 in the stiffening member 8, whereuponby pulling on the endless band 5, the said button-hole end of the member8 is drawn into the pocket 4 and a continual pulling on the endless band5 will thereupon draw the entire member 8 into the pocket 4 andsubstantially into the )position shown in Fig. 2, whereupon it serves asa stiffener for the band portion of the cap 1, and, of course, may beworn until the cap becomes soiled. The said stiffening member 8 is alsopreferably provided with a strip of flexible material 10 to serve as ahandle portion, or means for the ready withdrawal of the member 8 whenit is desired to wash the cap. This member 10 is preferably secured tothe member 8 at a distance fro-m the extreme end thereof, as indicatedin Fig. 4, and is adapted to fold around and over said end, indicated inFig. 3, when the said member is in operative position in the pocket 4.By thus securing the handle portion 10 a slight distance away from theextreme end 11 of the member 8, the said end 11 is slightly curled overwhen withdrawing it from the pocket l, and thercupon its withdrawal isfacilitated.

Accordingly when it is desired to wash the cap the strip 10 is seized bythe fingers, the extreme end 11 is withdrawn through the opening or slit9 and the entire stiffening member 8 gradually pulled out of the Pocketa, the endless band 5 in the meantime traveling around. the said pocket,until the said button 6 again comes opposite the opening 9, whereuponthe member 8 is disengaged from the band 5 and the cap is ready forwashing. After the cap is washed, dried and ironed, if desired, thebutton 6 is again inserted through the slit or button-hole 7, the member8 re-inserted into the pocket f and the cap is again ready for use.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 5 a stiffening member of the shape ofa vizor for a cap is shown, and the same is readily insertible throughan opening leading to the vizor such as is fully disclosed in my copending application, Serial No. 652,357, filed October 2, 1911, entitledHead coverings. In said application, however, the stiifening member forthe vizor there illustrated is not provided with the flexible strip orhandle portion which is illustrated in this application. Therefore,according to the present invention I provide the stifiening member 15suitable for viZors with a flexible strip such as 10, and preferablysecure the same to the underside of said stiffening member at a slightdistance from the extreme tip 16 of said member.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details ofconstruction as well as the arrangement of parts without departing fromthe spirit of my invention, therefore I do not wish to be limited to theabove disclosure except as may be required by the claims.

What I claim is 1. A head covering provided with a band portioncomprising inner and outer walls secured together along their top andbottom edges and provided with an open mouth pocket into which astiifening member may be readily inserted and from which it may be.readily withdrawn, substantially as described.

2. A head covering provided with a band portion comprising closed innerand outer walls constituting a pocket provided with an open mouth; and astiffening member located in said pocket capable of ready insertion intoand withdrawal from said pocket, substantially as described.

3. A head covering provided with a band portion comprising inner andouter walls constituting a pocket provided with an open mouth; and meanswithin said open mouth pocket for drawing a stifiening member thereinto.

a. A head covering provided with an open mouth pocket; and shiftablemeans confined in said pocket and provided with means for detachablyengaging a stiffening member to draw the latter within said pocket.

5. A head covering provided with a band portion comprising closed innerand outer walls constituting a' pocket with an open mouth; an endlessband in said pocket; a stiffening member located in said pocket capableof ready insertion into and with drawal from said pocket; and means forde tachably securing said stiffening member to said endless band,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR HALE.

Vitnesses:

IV. HEYWARD DRAYToN, E. A. WILLIAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

